The record flotilla flows into gauze. 500 people from different countries, including Poles

About 20 ships with humanitarian aid for the Gaza Zone came from the port of Barcelona on Sunday to try to break the Israeli sea blockade for years. There are about 500 people from different countries on board, including the Swedish activist Greta Thunberg.

“Barcelona will become a global symbol of solidarity with gauze this weekend,” El Pais wrote on Saturday. In turn, the Catalan newspaper “La Vanguardia” titled its text on Sunday: “Barcelona – Port Gaza”.

The global Sumund Flotilla is expected to reach the Gaza Zone until mid -September. In the coming days, the next Mediterranean, including Tunisia, are to join the ships that set off from Barcelona on Sunday.

– This will be the greatest solidarity mission in history, with more people and boats than all previous attempts combined – emphasized a few days ago the Brazilian activist Thiago Avila quoted by the AFP agency.

As noted by the daily La Vanguardia, more than 37 maritime missions have been held since the Israeli lock of the Gaza Strip in 2007.

The current campaign at the sea, in which a group from Poland also participates, is also to be accompanied by Propalestine demonstrations in over 40 countries whose citizens are involved in the initiative.

The word “Sumud”, which gave the name of the flotilla, means Arabic “perseverance”. This is another attempt to break through the Israeli Gaza Strip for over a half decade; Two earlier ones were blocked in June and July, and their participants, including Thunberg, detained and deported.

🌍🚢 | More than 50 ships from 44 countries have set sail for gaza.

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The war in the Gaza Strip has been going on from October 7, 2023, when Hamas, the rulers of this territory, attacked the south of Israel, killing about 1,200 people. Since then, over 61,000 have died in Israeli retaliation. Palestinians.

From Madrid Marcin Furdyna (PAP)

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